Lost tribe of Westwood

Is it still the weekend?

On Friday we recieved a call from our daughter. Her boyfriend had run away from the house after receiving a beating from his father. His step mom had quickly got my daughter out of the house and back to ours. Her boyfriend, Cody, had gone to the corner drugs store to call the police. My daughter and I met up with Cody and the police in Walgreens parking lot. The Muskegon police, in a very proffessional manner, took down the information from Cody and my daughter, and then called for an ambulence to transport Cody to the hospital. It was found that Cody cracked a orbital bone in his face. The police arrested the father on domestic violence, the step mom on past parking tickets, and took her 3 small children to Child Haven. After Cody was released from the hospital, being 16 years old, he also was taken to Child Haven. We had offered to take him to our house, but Childrens Protective Service insisted that he go to Child Haven. To Cody, this was like being arrested. He had done nothing wrong, been beaten up and did not resist, and is now being "arrested" for his own good. Being the weekend, nothing happens, so there he sat.
Monday Morning, Muskegon Family Court, we heard that his father had been bailed out by an old girlfriend. He step mom had also been released. This was a hearing to see where the children should go. Cody's biological Mom is in Muskegon County Jail, and was not told of this hearing. They could not contact her for some reason. The hearing would have to be ajourned until Friday. The Judicial officer graciously released all the kids back to the stepmom until Fiday. There is a court order prohibitting the father from coming near the house, his wife, or the kids.
We had offered to take Cody into our home, and the father had agreed to give his consent. Now he has gone back on that to try to use it as leverage to get the Cody to go back on his charges or purger himself and say that nothing happened.
As a pastor, and with help from Sheriff Lt. Tuff, and Chaplin Dexter, I was able to get in the jail and visit with Codys biological Mom. I was able to inform her of Cody's situation, and of the Friday hearing. The court had been unable to reach her because she was in lockdown. She has also agreed to give over Cody's custodial rights to us, which also has the agreement of the stepmom and Cody. This is where we stand now.